This has been an emotional 2 weeks. After getting pink slipped in 2012 I put all
my classroom materials in storage. The
cost of storage started to add up and over the past year my thoughts were
slowly evolving towards leaving teaching for something else so I made the decision
to let it all go.
I learned while going through things that it wasn't the item
itself but the memories attached to it that was difficult. For example, I had this plastic magic wand
that lit up and made a magical sound when I pressed the button. I used to tap students head with it and make
them “magically” remember the answer when they would responded “I don’t know”
to a question or use it on a student to “magically” make them pay
attention. While goofy, the kids loved
it! It often broke the ice with those
hard-to-to-through-to kids. How do you
put .75¢ on something like that? I
learned to walk away when the emotions got overwhelming. I also learned that after working on this for
2 weeks that exhaustion will make you “not care” any more and it
becomes easier to slap $1 on something and move on. Today is the last day of the sale and I hope
to have 90% of it gone as then the problem becomes what to do with what’s left...
My morning
reading ritual and working in my journals has been once again been put
aside so I will be happy when this is over so I can get back to creating
again. I noticed yesterday the feeling
of relief I felt having made this difficult decision and letting it all
go. By doing so I have let the universe
know that I am ready for something new.
I can’t wait to find out what that will be!
Linking up with Kin Klassen at Friday
Finds.
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